ReWorks Recycling Days

*Updates Ongoing (last update: 9-1-23)*


Do Your Part Beyond the Cart

ReWorks, the solid waste management authority for Summit County, is hosting a 4-day event to collect hard-to-recycle materials that require special handling. 

This event is available to Summit County residents and businesses ONLY. 

When

  • October 17th & October 18th from 12 noon - 4 pm  
  • November 7th & November 8th from 12 noon - 4 pm  

Where

ReWorks 1201 Graham Road in Stow, at the Route 8 Overpass.  

Accepted Materials:

  • Glass Bottles and Jars
    • Beverage bottles, food jars, candle jars, fragrance bottles
    • Transport in cardboard boxes (preferred)
  • Cooking Oil (Liquid Only)
    • No containers larger than 5 gallons
    • Limit 15 gallons per vehicle
  • Styrofoam™
    • Instructions - All material must be clean and dry with tape and stickers removed
    • Only Styrofoam™ 
      • White foam plastic made from beads of expanded polystyrene (EPS)
    • Examples:
      • Furniture and appliance packaging foam
      • Clean meat trays and take out cups
      • Block form foam
      • Foam coolers
  • Televisions
    • Televisions (Limit 2 TVs per vehicle) 
    •  Instructions - No Console TVs or Projection TVs. Registration must be completed to bring in TVs. thumbnail_ReWorks_Registration_Button Opens in new window

Laptops, Cell Phones, Tablets, VCR/DVD Players

  •  Instructions - It is the responsibility of the resident to remove data and personal information from any collected item. ReWorks disclaims all liability for data or personal information remaining on any collected item.
  • String Lights (No LED strips)
    •  Instructions - Remove larger bulbs (landscape lights)
  • Campaign Signs                                                            
    • Corrugated Plastic Signs
    • Film Plastic Signs
    • Paperboard Signs  
    • Metal Stakes and Frame
    •  Instructions - Metal grommets removed (preferred) - No string, rope or plastic ties.    
  • Pumpkins                                                       
    • No painted pumpkins
    •  Instructions - Remove decorations and candles/lights.    



*** NO OTHER MATERIALS WILL BE ACCEPTED AT THIS EVENT ***


What Happens to the Materials Collected at ReWorks Recycling Days?

  • Glass Bottles & Jars
    • The properties of glass allow it to be infinitely recyclable.  However, there are challenges to recycling glass bottles and jars collected in home recycling carts and sorted at a material recovery facility (MRF).  Not only does glass being sorted at a MRF become abrasive and damaging to MRF equipment, but also MRF glass is contaminated with other materials and often requires a secondary processor to remove the contamination for it to be made into a marketable glass cutlet. The feasibility of recycling MRF glass can be cost prohibitive due to several factors including limited availability of secondary glass cleaning processors. 
    • Glass bottles and jars collected at ReWorks Recycling Days do not go to a MRF.   It is collected by Repeat Glass then transported directly to a facility that recycles glass only.
  • Cooking Oil
    • Cooking oil collected at ReWorks Recycling Days is processed by Otto By Products Inc. into animal feed ingredients, alternative fuels and soaps.
  • Styrofoam™
        • Styrofoam™ that is collected at ReWorks Recycling Days will be densified and recycled into insulation boards for home & commercial construction projects which will contain 70% of this recycled material
  • Televisions and Electronic Devices
    • Televisions and electronic devices collected at ReWorks Recycling Days are managed through GreenBoard IT LLC,  a R2V3 certified electronics recycler.
  • String Lights 
    • String Lights collected at ReWorks Recycling Days are recycled by City Scrap & Salvage, a local scrap metal recycler.
  • Campaign Signs
    • Campaign signs collected at ReWorks Recycling Days are recycled by Legacy Polymer or Northcoast Recycling Specialists. Coroplast signs are ground into plastic pellets for re-use in other plastic materials.  Film plastic signs are recycled into products used by the automotive industry & paperboard signs are recycled into other fiber-based products.  Metal frames from signs are recycled at City Scrap & Salvage, a local scrap metal recycler.  
  • Pumpkins

      • Pumpkins collected at ReWorks Recycling Days are composted at an Ohio EPA licensed Class II Compost Facility.  

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